Toy pistol



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO G. BUTTERWEGK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

' TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 279,128, dated June 12, 1883.

' Application filed October 11, 1885.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO O. BUTTERWECK, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement upon the toy pistol shown and described in Letters Patout No. 174,192, granted to me under date of February 29, 1876. V

The object of my present invention is to pro vide a toy pistol which shall be adapted to explode caps only when desired, or to explode caps and shoot marbles simultaneously.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of my improved toy pistol.

A-indicates a curved firing-spring, located in the hollow stock B, and having one end secured to the rear thereof, substantially as shown in my afore-named patent. The end 0 of the spring A, instead of being inclosed within the stock and adapted to operate a piston-carrying rod, as in said patent, is made to extend through a slot, D, at the top of the stock, and is provided with aprojection, E, adapted to rest in contact with a cap-holder, F, above the barrel G. The spring A is re cessed at H, to accommodate a sear or trigger, I, pivoted in advance of the spring A, and having its rear end provided with a retainingspring, J. The spring A isso recessed that a shoulder, K, is formed, which shall engage with one of the. notches L M in the sear when the upper and outer'end of said spring A is drawn back by the hand. The sear is held against the action of the spring J when in its normal position, by contact with the guard N. When the spring A is drawn back, it first engages with the notch L in the scar, and from this position it may be fired to explode a cap placed in the holder F; or the spring A may be drawn back to engage with the notch M, from which it may be fired with sufficient force to project a marble, 0, from the barrel G, and at the same time to explode a cap. To support the marble in proper position for being acted upon by the spring A, the inner surface of the plates forming the stock are each provided with a rib, 1, arranged parallel with each other on a line with the bottom of the barrel and a spring, Q, as shown in my aforesaid patent, is located in a slot in one side of the stock, and adapted to hold the marble in position with just sufficient force to prevent it from rolling out of the barrel when the muzzle isturned downward.

The above construction is equally applicable to fire-arms, and is not intended to be restricted to toy pistols.

What I claim is The combination, with the stock having the cap-holder F, of the firingspring A, having the projection E and the recess H, and arranged in the stockwith one end projecting through the top thereof, the trigger I, pivoted in advance of the spring A, and having notches L M, adapted to engage with the shoulder K, and the retaining-spring J, adapted to hold the rear end of the trigger down in engagement with said shoulder, substantially as shown and described.

' OTTO C. BUTTERWEOK.

Witnesses:

WM. F. CHAMBERLAIN, E. H. CHAMBERLAIN. 

